GSAM poaches AB’s Ashish Shah as global corporate credit head
Goldman Sachs Asset Management's fixed income team has hired Ashish Shah as partner and head of global corporate credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

HSBC poaches L&G's Faucher as passive fixed income head
HSBC Global Asset Management has hired former Legal & General’s Sebastien Faucher as passive fixed income head

T Rowe Price poaches multi-asset professional from BlackRock
T Rowe Price has grown its multi-asset team in the Asia-Pacific (Apac), hiring Wenting Shen as a solutions strategist

Sun Life IM hires Hong Kong-based head of Asia credit research
Sun Life Investment Management has appointed a former Wellington executive as its new head of Asia credit research

High yield portfolio manager returns to Allianz GI after leaving Amundi
Sébastien Ploton has rejoined Allianz Global Investors as a high yield portfolio manager - two years after leaving the firm

Bill Barr steps down from Och-Ziff board as firm's new CEO is named
Och-Ziff has named a new chief executive officer to succeed Dan Och, with the firm announcing today that former Credit Suisse executive Robert Shafir will step into the position

New York fixed income specialist hires two marketing officials
Fixed income specialist Ryan Labs Asset Management, a member of the Sun Life Investment Management group, has made two senior hires to its marketing and client strategy team

Former Hartford ETF chief joins Chicago manager as head of funds
Northern Trust Asset Management has named Darek Wojnar, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) professional from Hartford Funds, as its head of funds and managed accounts

Pioneer marketing veteran moves to Fidelity after 16 years
Fidelity International has announced the appointment of Hugh Prendergast as 'global head of product', in what is understood to be a marketing role

Ropes & Gray announces 33 promotions including finance and hedge fund professionals
Law firm Ropes & Gray has promoted 33 lawyers to counsel of the firm, with the attorneys representing a range of practice groups including finance, investment management, hedge funds and private investment funds

Brigade co-founder to leave the firm
Brigade Capital Management's co-founder Pat Kelly is leaving the firm, according to market sources

Willis Towers Watson fund exchange hires new US head in New York
Willis Towers Watson’s Asset Management Exchange (AMX), an institutional asset management marketplace, has appointed a new US head

ICG announces new marketing hire
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has appointed a former Neuberger Berman institutional sales professional to head up marketing across parts of Europe

Lord Abbett names successor after managing partner announces retirement
Lord Abbett’s managing partner Daria Foster has announced her intention to retire – and now the New Jersey-based firm has confirmed a successor

KKR opens Frankfurt office
The global investment firm has announced the opening of a new office in Frankfurt, Germany, in a bid to further strengthen its presence in Europe

Brokerage Exotix appoints global head of fixed income
London-based Exotix Capital has appointed Dean Tyler as global head of fixed income

Oak Hill appoints sole head of European credit as ex-partner takes on new role
One of Oak Hill Advisors’ most senior staffers has stepped into a senior advisory role

CEO of Blackstone's hedge fund solution platform steps aside
Blackstone has announced that J Tomilson Hill, president and chief executive officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), will be transitioning to a new role as chairman of BAAM

BTIG bolsters New York credit team with four hires
Global financial services firm BTIG has announced several hires to strengthen its fixed income credit team, with the professionals joining from UBS, Seaport, Jefferies and Stifel

Candriam hires executive officer for Switzerland
Pan-European multi-specialist asset manager Candriam Investors Group, owned by New York Life Management, has appointed Jog Allenspach as executive officer Switzerland

HSBC banker joins Jefferies as European co-head of leveraged finance
Jefferies has made a big hire to its loans business in London, Creditflux has learned

JP Morgan AM continues ETF expansion with three new hires
Following three senior hires to its ETF business last year, JP Morgan has shown its commitment to its ETFs business with three more hires

PineBridge appoints high-ranking State Street official as its COO
Global asset manager PineBridge Investments has appointed of Michael Karpik as chief operating officer, according to a statement by the firm

Pacific Life rebrands asset management division and appoints CEO
Pacific Life has announced the rebrand of its asset management business to Pacific Global Asset Management and has appointed Kevin Byrne as chief executive officer

Former Morgan Stanley European loan trading head resurfaces on buy side
A Madrid-based manager has hired a senior loan specialist as it launches a new credit fund